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Altitudinal partitioning of syrphid flies (Diptera) increases along elevation gradients in pollinator communities in the Eastern Himalayas, India 印度东喜马拉雅地区传粉昆虫群落中,双翅目蚜蝇沿海拔梯度的分布呈上升趋势
Q3 Environmental Science Pub Date : 2022-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2022.2138545
S. K. Sinha, Santanu Mahato, Pravas Hazari, Niyatee Pandya, A. Hajra, N. Jana
ABSTRACT The diversity and altitudinal distribution patterns of syrphid flies in the Neora Valley National Park, in the Eastern Himalaya was studied, including the ramifications of pollination by drone fly (Eristalis tenax) showing Batesian mimicry of honeybees. Considering the altitudinal variation and visitation rate, the study found a total of 30 Syrphidae species, among which Eristalis himalayensis, E. tenax, Chrysogaster sp., Episyrphus balteatus, Paragus haemorrhous and Syrphus dalhousiae had the highest encounter rate. The maximum number of species was observed at ≥ 2500 m asl. The diversity of Syrphidae in the Neora Valley reflects the supremacy of these flies over other pollinator insects in the study area. The mean visit per hour of drone fly (E. tenax) was 21 ± 2.73SE (SE – standard error) individual at the lower altitudes but the rate was higher (37.1 ± 4.09SE) in the absence of honeybees at the higher altitudes. More information about the primary determinants of the dynamic nature of pollination is required in this area in order to understand plant–pollinator responses to global warming.
摘要研究了喜马拉雅山脉东部Neora Valley国家公园内同食蝇的多样性和海拔分布模式,包括无人机授粉的后果,无人机(Eristalis tenax)模仿蜜蜂。考虑到海拔变化和造访率,研究共发现了30种水鼠科物种,其中,himalayensis Eristalis、E.tenax、Chrysogaster sp.、Episyrphus balteatus、出血Paragus和达尔豪斯水鼠的造访率最高。在海拔≥2500米处观察到最大物种数量。Neora山谷中Syrphidae的多样性反映了这些苍蝇在研究区域内的优势超过了其他传粉昆虫。在较低海拔地区,无人机(E.tenax)每小时的平均访问量为21±2.73SE(SE–标准误差),但在较高海拔地区没有蜜蜂的情况下,访问率更高(37.1±4.09SE)。为了了解植物-传粉者对全球变暖的反应,该领域需要更多关于授粉动态性质的主要决定因素的信息。
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Microbial treatment of industrial effluents: future policy for aquatic biodiversity conservation 工业废水的微生物处理:水生生物多样性保护的未来政策
Q3 Environmental Science Pub Date : 2022-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2022.2137848
S. Sarkar, Cynthia Meza, A. Banerjee
ABSTRACT In an era of rapid industrialization, the discharge of contaminated effluent into natural environments has significantly increased with a direct, negative impact on aquatic biodiversity. It is not only discharged industrial effluent, but also products discharged from wastewater treatment plants, that disrupt biogeochemical cycles, which have direct relationships with aquatic biodiversity. Due to this situation, microbial biodiversity is also affected. Microbial wastewater treatment is a sustainable way to protect aquatic biodiversity, for which environmental microbiome conservation is very important. This article explores the delicate topic of biodiversity conservation, specifically aquatic biodiversity conservation, and is aimed at improving and informing aquatic biodiversity policies. Key policy insights In this time of fast industrialization, microbial biodiversity in the aquatic world is getting impacted due to wastewater effluents. Designing and revising the policies/laws required to conserve microbial biodiversity for the sustainability of our planet via bioregional management, and public awareness programmes. Microbiome conservation will play a key role in maintaining the global aquatic biome, which is at ecological risk.
摘要在快速工业化时代,受污染污水向自然环境的排放量显著增加,对水生生物多样性产生了直接、负面的影响。它不仅排放工业废水,还排放废水处理厂排放的产品,破坏了生物地球化学循环,而生物地球化学周期与水生生物多样性有直接关系。由于这种情况,微生物生物多样性也受到影响。微生物废水处理是保护水生生物多样性的一种可持续方式,环境微生物组的保护至关重要。本文探讨了生物多样性保护的微妙话题,特别是水生生物多样性的保护,旨在改进和告知水生生物多样化政策。关键政策见解在这个快速工业化的时代,水生世界的微生物生物多样性正因废水而受到影响。通过生物区域管理和公众意识方案,设计和修订保护微生物生物多样性以实现地球可持续性所需的政策/法律。微生物组保护将在维护面临生态风险的全球水生生物群落方面发挥关键作用。
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Brazil’s return to the global environmental sphere and the hope for the dawn of a new day 巴西重返全球环境领域以及对新一天曙光的希望
Q3 Environmental Science Pub Date : 2022-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2022.2151511
Dahvii Shiva Sampaio
Greetings, everyone – my name is Dahvii Shiva and I am writing to you from a small fragment of the rich Atlantic Rainforest, the ‘Mata Atlântica’, in Bahia, Northeast Brazil. I have been attempting to write this ‘On the Ground’ piece for the past three weeks, but it is only now I have had the opportunity to sit and write amongst a lot of travelling and the political changes happening in my country. And this is the perfect moment, as a new political cycle has just begun, giving me confidence and attentiveness to what we call ‘Sinais do Tempo’ (the signs of time). After Brazil went through a period that will go down in the annals of history as the most nefarious political moment since the democratization of Brazil in 1988, we can finally glimpse the horizon of a new day from these lands. In 2019, as soon as the former Brazilian president Bolsonaro (still in office but ‘gone’) took office, he withdrew Brazil from hosting the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Climate Change Convention (COP25), which was to be hosted in Brazil that year. Now, at this very moment, the newly elected president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (known as Lula), who will take office on 1 January 2023, is already on his way to COP27 in Egypt. Yes, friends, it is a drastic transformation in the official Brazilian posture in forums related to the environment, and yes, we have a lot to talk about and build together. Lula’s victory in the presidential elections in Brazil has immense implications for not only us in Brazil, but for everyone on the planet. His election reopens opportunities for us to deal with the climate and biodiversityloss crisis as a mega-ecological power and holder of the greatest biodiversity on the planet. New avenues of cooperation are opening for the protection and valorization of biodiversity, the protection of life, and the maintenance and regeneration of living systems for a good living and planetary well-being, with major impacts on issues of planetary emergency. Not only is Brazil the most biologically mega-diverse country in the world, but it is also in its territory that we find the largest rainforest and river basin in the world: the Amazon. These are treasures of immense greatness to which the fate of all the planet’s inhabitants is tied, and which play a crucial role in maintaining the possibility of regeneration of the Earth’s living systems. Historically, Brazil assumed a leadership role in international forums related to environmental issues. However, even though prohibited by the Brazilian Federal Constitution, we have suffered terrible setbacks in this area since the fascist government assumed political power in our country (in 2019). The affront and dismantling of environmental and climate change policies and systems in our country has been very serious, with a heavy ecological debt not only for the Brazilian population, but also the world’s populations. The immense escalation of frightening deforestation occurring in the
大家好,我的名字是Dahvii Shiva,我在巴西东北部巴伊亚州的一个富饶的大西洋雨林的小片段“Mata atlntica”给你们写信。在过去的三个星期里,我一直试图写这篇“实地”的文章,但直到现在我才有机会坐下来写作,因为我的国家正在经历许多旅行和政治变化。这是一个完美的时刻,因为一个新的政治周期刚刚开始,给了我信心和注意力,我们称之为“Sinais do Tempo”(时间的迹象)。巴西经历了一段将被载入史册的时期,这是自1988年巴西民主化以来最邪恶的政治时刻,我们终于可以从这些土地上看到新的一天的地平线。2019年,巴西前总统博尔索纳罗(仍在执政,但已“卸任”)一上任,就宣布巴西退出原定于当年在巴西举办的《联合国气候变化公约》缔约方大会(COP25)。现在,就在此时此刻,将于2023年1月1日就职的巴西新当选总统路易斯·Inácio卢拉·达席尔瓦(简称卢拉)已经启程前往埃及参加第27届联合国气候变化大会。是的,朋友们,这是巴西官方在与环境有关的论坛上的一个巨大转变,是的,我们有很多可以讨论和共同建设的地方。卢拉在巴西总统选举中的胜利不仅对我们巴西,而且对地球上的每个人都有着巨大的影响。他的当选为我们作为一个超级生态大国和地球上最大的生物多样性持有者,应对气候和生物多样性丧失危机重新打开了机会。正在开辟新的合作途径,以保护生物多样性并使其增值,保护生命,维持和再生生命系统,以实现良好的生活和地球福祉,对地球紧急情况的问题产生重大影响。巴西不仅是世界上生物多样性最丰富的国家,而且在它的领土上,我们还发现了世界上最大的雨林和河流盆地:亚马逊河。这些都是无比伟大的财富,与地球上所有居民的命运息息相关,它们在维持地球生命系统再生的可能性方面发挥着至关重要的作用。历史上,巴西在与环境问题有关的国际论坛上发挥了领导作用。然而,尽管巴西联邦宪法禁止,但自从法西斯政府在我国掌权以来(2019年),我们在这方面遭受了可怕的挫折。我国对环境和气候变化政策和制度的蔑视和破坏是非常严重的,不仅对巴西人民,而且对世界人民都负有沉重的生态债务。在联邦政府的鼓励和煽动下,亚马逊地区可怕的森林砍伐正在大规模升级,再加上对第一民族权利的公然无视和为土著政策服务的尸体的破坏-这些因素都构成了巴西面临的复杂的横向环境问题。为了给我们提供一些观点,值得指出的是,根据政府间气候变化专门委员会(IPCC 2022)发布的最新报告,人类还有一个很小的时间窗口(不超过10年),在此期间,人类仍有可能采取一些行动来减缓和适应气候变化,以及相关的严重社会环境灾难——其中许多灾难已经被不充分和不公平地面对。比如最近发生在巴基斯坦的极端洪灾。无论如何,报告明确指出,人类的努力必须分配给应对气候紧急情况和巴西土著人民所称的“生命斗争”。
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The state of UK rivers 英国河流状况
Q3 Environmental Science Pub Date : 2022-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2022.2152097
Vanessa Reid
The River Wye is the fourth-longest river in the UK, stretching 250 km from its source on Plynlimon in midWales to the Severn estuary in England. It passes through the so-called ‘chicken capital of the UK’, where an estimated 20 million birds are farmed in the river’s catchment. According to Robin Eveleigh, the average supermarket bird costs less than a pint of beer does (as of 14 June 2021, https://www.theguardian.com/ environment/2021/jun/14/bird-costs-less-than-pintwelcome-to-britains-poultry-capital-herefordshropshire-powys). The UK produced 1.7 m tonnes of chicken meat in 2020, up 28% from a decade before. There has been an explosive growth of poultry production in Britain, with over a quarter coming from just the three counties of Hereford, Shropshire and Powys, where the River Wye runs through. And with this growth comes a massive spike in river pollution. Chicken manure from the increasing number of intensive poultry farms is being spread on the land as a fertilizer. High levels of runoff are entering the surrounding rivers, resulting what is increasingly being described as ‘pea soup’ in appearance, also know as deadly algal blooms. As these blooms take over and starve the rivers of oxygen, plants such as ranunculus are suffocated, and the river’s brown trout, chubb and barbel are dying off. The knock-on effect is less food for birds such as the iconic kingfisher. This phenomenon is not caused solely by poultry production, however. The illegal dumping of sewage in the UK’s rivers is a massive issue, where far greater action from the UK government is needed. Emma Howard Boyd, the chair of the Environment Agency (2022), stated in a press release in July 2022 that ‘fines currently handed down by the courts often amount to less than a chief executive’s salary . . . Investors should no longer see England’s water monopolies as a one-way bet’. Data released by the Environment Agency in March 2022 showed that 10 water companies throughout England released raw sewage into waterways over hundreds of thousands of hours in 2021. The 372,533 spills were recorded only on those overflows where event duration monitors were in place: 12,608 of the 14,707 overflows, or 89%. The government said the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan was a step towards change in how water companies tackle the number of discharges of untreated sewage, which the government and the public have made clear are unacceptable. It may be a good step, but let’s hope it is also a speedy one.
怀伊河是英国第四长的河流,从威尔士中部的普林利蒙河源头到英格兰的塞文河口,全长250公里。它经过所谓的“英国鸡都”,估计有2000万只鸡在该河的集水区养殖。Robin Eveleigh表示,超市里的鸟平均价格不到一品脱啤酒(截至2021年6月14日,https://www.theguardian.com/环境/2021年6月14日/鸟类成本低于品脱欢迎来到英国家禽之都赫里福德郡。2020年,英国生产了170万吨鸡肉,比十年前增长了28%。英国的家禽产量出现了爆炸性增长,其中超过四分之一的家禽来自赫里福德、什罗普郡和波伊斯三个县,怀伊河流经这些县。随着这一增长,河流污染也大幅增加。越来越多的集约化家禽养殖场的鸡粪正作为肥料撒在土地上。高水平的径流正在进入周围的河流,导致越来越多的人将其描述为“豌豆汤”,也被称为致命的藻类水华。随着这些水华的泛滥,河流缺氧,毛茛等植物窒息而死,河流中的褐鳟、胖乎乎的和杠铃也在灭绝。连锁效应是,像标志性的翠鸟这样的鸟类的食物减少了。然而,这种现象不仅仅是家禽生产造成的。在英国河流中非法倾倒污水是一个巨大的问题,英国政府需要采取更大的行动。环境署(2022)主席Emma Howard Boyd在2022年7月的一份新闻稿中表示,“法院目前开出的罚款通常低于首席执行官的工资。投资者不应再将英格兰的水资源垄断视为单向赌注。环境署2022年3月发布的数据显示,2021年,英格兰各地的10家自来水公司在数十万小时内将未经处理的污水排入水道。372533次泄漏仅记录在事件持续时间监测器到位的溢流上:14707次溢流中有12608次,占89%。政府表示,减少暴雨溢流排放计划是改变供水公司处理未经处理污水排放数量的一步,政府和公众已经明确表示,这是不可接受的。这可能是一个很好的步骤,但让我们希望这也是一个快速的步骤。
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The role of religious beliefs in the conservation of biodiversity in the holy shrines of Pakistan 宗教信仰在保护巴基斯坦圣地生物多样性中的作用
Q3 Environmental Science Pub Date : 2022-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2022.2150312
S. Qasim, M. Qasim, R. Shrestha, Anees Hassan
Muslim shrines are deeply revered in Pakistan given the fact that devotees believe saints are buried in them, but they also have a deep respect for the bird, animal and tree species residing within the shrine premises. The devotees believe that harming these animal and plant species will in turn have a negative effect on their own lives, whereas caring for and protecting them will bring an increase in their happiness and livelihood sources. This practice has led to the conservation of birds, animals and some tree species in the shrines in Pakistan, even if not intentional. We examined the number of plant and animal species protected in 10 selected shrines across Pakistan and share with you our findings here. Focus group discussions with the Manjawars (people taking care of the Shrine) revealed that three bird species, two mammal species, one reptile species and four plant species are conserved at these shrines. From our findings, we strongly recommend that the Pakistani government should provide better financial support to these shrines for proper care and conservation of these species. This will provide protection to the animals and birds species in the shrines and will ultimately promote religious tourism in Pakistan. Shrines, mosques and graveyards are places of religious attachments for people in Pakistan where many plant species are conserved (Ishtiaq et al. 2013; Sher, Yousaf, and Khan 2013). Worshipping of birds, animals and sacred trees are spiritual and cultural practices that date back to the Indus Valley civilization in Pakistan. Shrines of saints are reverend by Muslims in Pakistan and other South Asian countries (Mukul, Rashid, and Uddin 2012; Dandekar and Tschacher 2016; Charan et al. 2020). These shrines of saints are also called Mazar, Dargah and Darbar (Uddin 2006; Rahman 2017). The saints buried in these shrines are also known by names such as waliullah, Awlia, sufi, Peer, Sarkar, Hazrat and Baba (Hussain 2021). We will use the word ‘saint’ throughout this opinion piece for these pious people because it is commonly used by other researchers in the literature. It is believed by Muslims that the saints were given special healing powers by Allah almighty, called Kiramat (spiritual powers) (Frembgen 2002). Each of these saints had a disciple called a Murshid (Hussain 2021). Currently these shrines are under the influence of Sajjada Nasheen or Gaddi nasheen, a descendent of the saint family. The people who take care of the shrine are called Manjawars (Mukul, Rashid, and Uddin 2012), and their duties include cleaning the shrines, controlling financial matters and other arrangements, and management including provision of food to the devotees on special occasions. It is important to note that the whole system operates through charity, dependent on donations from visitors or devotees. The death anniversaries of these saints are celebrated with great zeal by many followers and are called Urs or mela. In these situations, the qawwal (speci
在巴基斯坦,穆斯林圣地深受人们的尊敬,因为信徒们相信圣人埋葬在里面,但他们也对居住在神社内的鸟类、动物和树木有着深深的敬意。奉献者认为,伤害这些动植物物种会反过来对自己的生活产生负面影响,而关心和保护它们会增加他们的幸福和生计来源。这种做法导致了对巴基斯坦神社里的鸟类、动物和一些树种的保护,即使不是故意的。我们调查了巴基斯坦10个选定的神社中受保护的动植物物种的数量,并在这里与您分享我们的发现。与看守者进行的焦点小组讨论显示,这些神社保存了三种鸟类、两种哺乳动物、一种爬行动物和四种植物。根据我们的调查结果,我们强烈建议巴基斯坦政府为这些寺庙提供更好的财政支持,以适当地照顾和保护这些物种。这将为寺庙里的动物和鸟类提供保护,并最终促进巴基斯坦的宗教旅游。神社、清真寺和墓地是巴基斯坦人的宗教信仰场所,许多植物物种得到保护(Ishtiaq等人,2013;Sher, Yousaf, and Khan 2013)。对鸟兽和圣树的崇拜是可以追溯到巴基斯坦印度河流域文明的精神和文化习俗。在巴基斯坦和其他南亚国家,穆斯林崇敬圣人的神殿(Mukul, Rashid和Uddin 2012;Dandekar and Tschacher 2016;Charan et al. 2020)。这些圣坛也被称为Mazar, Dargah和Darbar (Uddin 2006;拉赫曼2017)。埋葬在这些神殿中的圣徒也被称为瓦利乌拉、阿利亚、苏菲、皮尔、萨卡尔、哈兹拉特和巴巴(Hussain 2021)。在这篇评论文章中,我们将使用“圣人”这个词来描述这些虔诚的人,因为它在文献中被其他研究人员普遍使用。穆斯林相信,圣人被全能的安拉赋予了特殊的治疗能力,称为Kiramat(精神力量)(Frembgen 2002)。这些圣人都有一个门徒,叫做Murshid (Hussain 2021)。目前,这些神社是在Sajjada Nasheen或Gaddi Nasheen的影响下,圣人家族的后裔。照顾神殿的人被称为Manjawars (Mukul, Rashid, and Uddin 2012),他们的职责包括清洁神殿,控制财务事务和其他安排,以及管理,包括在特殊场合为奉献者提供食物。值得注意的是,整个系统是通过慈善机构运作的,依赖于游客或信徒的捐赠。这些圣人的忌日被许多追随者以极大的热情庆祝,并被称为Urs或mela。在这种情况下,qawwal(特殊的宗教歌手)表演qawwali。在巴基斯坦的穆斯林圣地,由于人们的宗教信仰,一些树木和动物物种得到了保护(Charan et al. 2020;Olsen 2020),也就是说,一些树被认为是埋葬在神社里的宗教圣徒的座位。这些树现在被用作信徒的座位,因为它们在夏季提供阴凉。它们的叶子被用作治疗各种疾病的药物,如果妇女怀孕有困难,建议吃它们。榕树(Ficus bengalensis)、浆果树(Ziziphus mauritiana)和梨树(Ficus religiosa)受到神社信徒的特别保护(Kamran et al. 2020),因为人们认为这些树是守护神的家。如果有人砍倒了树,甚至他们的树枝,守护灵魂会找到负责破坏的人的房子(Kamran et al. 2020),并对他们造成严重破坏。
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Bird ringing stations as an interactive tool for education and conservation programmes 鸟鸣站作为教育和保育计划的互动工具
Q3 Environmental Science Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2022.2099464
O. E. Adekola
It was during my master’s degree programme at the A. P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute (APLORI; www.aplori.org) in 2016 that I first had the opportunity to join the bird ringing table. APLORI is the most prestigious ornithological research institute in West Africa, situated in Laminga, Plateau State, in Nigeria, and is solely dedicated to ornithological research and capacity building in West Africa. Prior to this experience, it is safe to say that I was ignorant of the exciting avian world! Although I had graduated with a first degree in ecotourism and wildlife management and a master’s degree in wildlife ecology and management, I knew close to nothing about birds, let alone bird ringing. APLORI is committed to the monthly Constant Effort Sites (CES) where mist nets are frequently placed in strategic locations within the Amurum Forest Reserve (which houses APLORI) in order to catch and ring birds. Students are always encouraged to join and have a closer look at the birds (in hand). For me, this was the beginning of an undying passion for bird ringing. I was committed to this CES throughout my 14 months’ study time at APLORI (September 2016 to November 2017). Thanks to Drs Chima and Kwanye Nwaogu who patiently took me through this learning journey, I was able to deepen my interest in understanding moult strategies. How birds grow their feathers became fascinating to me. Eventually, I did my PhD on moult strategies of different bird species and got my bird ringing licence at the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, South Africa (courtesy of my experiences at the ringing station in Jos, Nigeria). Bird ringing not only introduced me more intimately to the natural world, it also increased my quest to ask and answer deeper questions about birds and, by extension, the natural environment around me. In March 2019, almost 4000 Amur Falcons Falco amurensis, who had spent their non-wintering season at KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and were en route back to their breeding site in eastern Asia, were affected by two exceptional nocturnal hailstorms, with almost 2000 Amur Falcons killed at their roosts (Allan 2019; Adekola et al. 2021a). I was part of the team that worked on the moult strategies of the species; this work formed a chapter of my PhD thesis (Adekola et al. 2021a). Interestingly, some of the birds were rescued, released and resighted in India (see https://nenow.in/north-eastnews/amur-falcon-rescued-released-in-assam-turns -out-to-be-a-strong-bird.html). Thanks to the power of bird ringing! Also, when I was catching gannets for my moult studies (Adekola et al. 2021b) at Malgas Island (33°05′S, 17°92′E), off the west coast of South Africa, my knowledge of bird ringing came handy as I was able to ring them. Birds are often the most visible form of biodiversity to many people, regardless of where they live. They are an important part of our daily lives. This probably makes birds enticing species for conserva
2016年,我在A.P.Leventis鸟类研究所(APLORI;www.APLORI.org)攻读硕士学位期间,第一次有机会加入鸟类振铃表。APLORI是西非最负盛名的鸟类学研究所,位于尼日利亚高原州的拉明加,专门致力于西非的鸟类学和能力建设。在此之前,可以肯定地说,我对激动人心的鸟类世界一无所知!尽管我毕业时获得了生态旅游和野生动物管理的第一学位和野生动物生态学与管理的硕士学位,但我对鸟类几乎一无所知,更不用说鸟鸣了。APLORI致力于每月一次的持续努力地点(CES),在那里,经常在Amurum森林保护区(APLORI所在地)的战略位置放置雾网,以捕捉和环捕鸟类。我们总是鼓励学生们加入进来,仔细看看(手里的)鸟。对我来说,这是对鸟叫声永恒热情的开始。在APLORI的14个月学习期间(2016年9月至2017年11月),我一直致力于本次CES。感谢Chima和Kwanye Nwaogu博士耐心地带我走过了这段学习之旅,我加深了对理解moult策略的兴趣。鸟类是如何长出羽毛的,这让我很着迷。最终,我获得了不同鸟类换羽策略的博士学位,并在南非开普敦大学菲茨帕特里克非洲鸟类学研究所获得了鸟类振铃执照(这得益于我在尼日利亚乔斯振铃站的经历)。鸟鸣不仅让我更深入地了解了自然世界,还增加了我对鸟类以及周围自然环境的更深层次问题的询问和回答。2019年3月,近4000只阿穆尔猎鹰Falco amurensis在南非夸祖鲁-纳塔尔度过了非越冬季,正在返回东亚繁殖地的途中,受到两次异常夜间冰雹的影响,近2000只东北猎鹰在其栖息地死亡(Allan 2019;Adekola等人2021a)。我是研究该物种换羽策略的团队的一员;这项工作构成了我博士论文的一章(Adekola等人,2021a)。有趣的是,一些鸟类在印度被营救、放生并被封为居民(见https://nenow.in/north-eastnews/amur-falcon-rescued-released-in-assam-turns-out-to-be-a-ststrong-bird.html)。感谢鸟鸣的力量!此外,当我在南非西海岸的马尔加斯岛(33°05′S,17°92′E)捕捉塘鹅进行换羽研究时(Adekola等人,2021b),我对鸟叫声的了解派上了用场,因为我能够给它们打电话。鸟类往往是许多人最明显的生物多样性形式,无论它们生活在哪里。它们是我们日常生活的重要组成部分。这可能使鸟类成为保护教育和公众意识的诱人物种。鸟类振铃(在英国被称为鸟类环带)是向人们介绍大自然的一个很好的工具,因为能如此近距离地目睹鸟类,了解它们迷人的生活,并站在鸟类保护科学的前沿,是一种令人惊叹的荣幸。在过去的100年里,它一直是保护生物学家的重要研究工具(Anderson和Green,2009年)。鸣鸟的过程包括捕捉(通常使用雾网)、识别(以确保安装了正确的环)和标记鸟类(在它们的腿上使用金属或彩色环),以便重新识别。金属环总是用唯一的字母和数字编码,以帮助重新-
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引用次数: 0
A comparative study of mangroves in degraded, natural, and restored ecosystems in Guyana 圭亚那退化、自然和恢复生态系统中红树林的比较研究
Q3 Environmental Science Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2022.2107570
Sabrina Dookie, S. Jaikishun, A. Ansari
ABSTRACT Mangrove ecosystems are subject to multiple environmental stresses which often challenge their resistance and resilience. In this study, comparisons were made between mangrove trees and seedlings in natural, degraded, and restored mangrove ecosystems found on the coastline of Guyana. Biophysical measurements were made using the point-centred quarter method (PCQM) in both the wet and dry seasons. The density of seedlings and trees varied between locations, with natural mangrove ecosystems having the highest density while degraded ecosystems had the lowest. Significant differences were also reported for biophysical measurements for seedlings (df = 5, p < 2.2e-16) and trees (height; diameter at breast height) [F(10, 564) = 112.47, p < 2.2e-16] between all three types of mangrove ecosystems with biophysical measurements showcasing positive correlations (p < .05, rs < 0.5) in most locations. Regression analysis results further established strong relationships between biophysical measurements of plants and their locations. Key policy insights Mangrove ecosystems provide several ecological goods and services while providing protection against the sea and sustaining the resident biodiversity. There is a need for greater conservation and preservation efforts for mangrove ecosystems since their dynamics are heavily impacted by anthropogenic activities and natural phenomena. Mangroves have the capacity to capture and store carbon, making them active participants in the global sequestration of carbon, and in the fight against climate change.
红树林生态系统受到多种环境压力的影响,这些压力经常挑战其抵抗力和恢复力。在这项研究中,对圭亚那海岸线上发现的自然、退化和恢复的红树林生态系统中的红树林树和幼苗进行了比较。在干湿季节采用点中心四分之一法(PCQM)进行生物物理测量。不同地点的树苗和树木密度不同,自然红树林生态系统的密度最高,而退化生态系统的密度最低。幼苗(df = 5, p < 2.2 -16)和树木(高度;在所有三种类型的红树林生态系统之间[F(10,564) = 112.47, p < 2.212 -16],生物物理测量显示在大多数地点呈正相关(p < 0.05, rs < 0.5)。回归分析结果进一步确立了植物生物物理测量值与其位置之间的密切关系。红树林生态系统提供了多种生态产品和服务,同时提供了对海洋的保护并维持了当地的生物多样性。红树林生态系统的动态受到人为活动和自然现象的严重影响,因此需要作出更大的养护和保存努力。红树林具有捕获和储存碳的能力,使它们成为全球碳封存和应对气候变化的积极参与者。
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引用次数: 3
Evaluating molecular and morphological diversity of Phlomis olivieri Benth (Lamiaceae) populations in Iran 伊朗紫叶蕨(Lamiaceae)居群分子形态多样性评价
Q3 Environmental Science Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2022.2117736
Raziye Zare  Hoseini, I. Mehregan, M. Ghanbari Jahromi, A. Mousavi, S. A. Salami
ABSTRACT Phlomis olivieri (Lamiaceae) is a medicinal plant that exhibits diverse variations across a multitude of geographical ranges. Here, we studied the genetic diversity of this species according to start codon targeted (SCoT) markers and morphological variability based on 15 morphological traits. Specifically, the genetic diversity was studied among 100 individuals of 10 geographical populations in Iran. The populations were highly variable in almost all morphological traits (P < .01) and the dendrogram showed four main clusters for morphological traits. Out of the 10 primers, five SCoTs produced 93 reproducible bands, of which 92 were polymorphic. Significant values were observed in the average polymorphic information content (0.35), average band informativeness (18.4), resolving power (6.24) and average polymorphism (98.66%). SCoT markers ultimately grouped P. olivieri populations into six main clusters based on the principal component analysis. Using SCoT alleles, the individuals were grouped into eight distinct genetic clusters. The analysis of molecular variance showed a high degree of genetic variation among the populations (71%) and within the populations (29%). The Mantel test revealed a positive correlation between genetic distance and geographical distance. Thus, morphological features and SCoT markers were informative and reliable in revealing diversity among P. olivieri populations.
榄香(Lamiaceae)是一种药用植物,在许多地理范围内表现出不同的变异。本研究利用起始密码子靶向(SCoT)标记和基于15个形态性状的形态变异研究了该物种的遗传多样性。具体而言,对伊朗10个地理种群的100个个体进行了遗传多样性研究。居群在几乎所有形态性状上都存在高度变异(P < 0.01),在树图上表现出4个主要的形态性状聚类。在10条引物中,5条snp产生93条可重复条带,其中92条为多态条带。平均多态性信息含量(0.35)、平均波段信息量(18.4)、分辨率(6.24)和平均多态性(98.66%)均达到显著水平。基于主成分分析,SCoT标记最终将橄榄木种群划分为6个主要聚类。利用SCoT等位基因,将个体分为8个不同的遗传群。分子变异分析表明,群体间(71%)和群体内(29%)存在高度遗传变异。Mantel检验显示遗传距离与地理距离呈正相关。因此,形态特征和SCoT标记是揭示橄榄树居群多样性的可靠信息。
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引用次数: 2
English pastoral: an inheritance 英式牧歌:继承
Q3 Environmental Science Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2022.2103733
M. Root-Bernstein
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引用次数: 6
Foraging and roosting patterns of a repeatedly mass-culled island flying fox reveals opportunities to mitigate human–wildlife conflict 一只反复被大规模捕杀的岛狐的觅食和栖息模式揭示了缓解人类与野生动物冲突的机会
Q3 Environmental Science Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2022.2107569
V. O. Seegobin, R. Oleksy, F. Florens
ABSTRACT Human–wildlife conflicts (HWC) arising from fruit bats eating commercial fruits is a worsening problem worldwide and is epitomized by the Mauritian flying fox (Pteropus niger), a species threatened with extinction yet repeatedly mass-culled since 2015. Non-lethal solutions for dealing with this HWC are needed, which are rooted in the evidence available. In this study, we tracked the movements of 12 flying fox individuals over two years in order to document the animal’s movement ecology, with a view to deriving recommendations to alleviate the ensuing HWC. We found that flying foxes prefer to forage and roost in forested areas located at elevations < 250 m. However, during the fruiting season of commercial trees, the animals tended to roost closer to and forage more often on commercial fruits during the early hours of the night. These findings have several implications for the improvement of commercial fruit protection, which should in turn alleviate HWC, notably through informing management to take into consideration the spatio-temporal expression of flying fox foraging. Key policy insights Pteropus niger generally prefers to forage and roost in lower-elevation forests (<250 m). Restoring such forests would increase fruit production in those areas and reduce the need for flying foxes to forage on commercial fruits. The nightly foraging pattern of P. niger indicates that the use of active deterrent methods could be optimized by concentrating the efforts primarily during the early hours of the night, when flying foxes’ foraging activity on commercial fruit trees is highest. Information on roost and foraging site distribution may be used to construct a foraging-risk map to inform optimization of crop protection efforts that would contribute towards alleviating the worsening human–wildlife conflict.
摘要:果蝙蝠食用商业水果引发的人与野生动物冲突是一个日益恶化的世界性问题,毛里求斯飞狐就是一个缩影,该物种面临灭绝威胁,但自2015年以来多次被大规模扑杀。需要基于现有证据的非致命性解决方案来处理这种HWC。在这项研究中,我们跟踪了12只飞狐在两年内的运动,以记录动物的运动生态学,从而得出缓解随后HWC的建议。我们发现,飞狐更喜欢在海拔<250米的森林地区觅食和栖息。然而,在商业树木的结果季节,这些动物往往在深夜更靠近商业水果的地方栖息,并更经常在商业水果上觅食。这些发现对改善商业水果保护有几点启示,而商业水果保护反过来又应该缓解HWC,特别是通过告知管理人员考虑飞狐觅食的时空表达。关键政策见解黑蝶通常更喜欢在海拔较低的森林(<250米)中觅食和栖息。恢复这些森林将增加这些地区的水果产量,并减少飞狐以商业水果为食的需求。黑曲霉的夜间觅食模式表明,可以通过主要在夜间凌晨集中精力来优化主动威慑方法的使用,此时飞狐在商业果树上的觅食活动最高。栖息地和觅食地分布信息可用于构建觅食风险图,为优化作物保护工作提供信息,这将有助于缓解日益恶化的人类与野生动物冲突。
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